Mccloud's Woman
“Clay advised, grimacing at the coffee he sipped from the paper cup.
“Standing still won’t either.” TJ crossed to the window overlooking the hospital parking lot. The wild ride back to town in the limo had told him the baby needed more help than he could provide. The town ambulance had taken Mara straight to Charleston. They hadn’t let him ride with her. He’d flown here with Clay, vivid images of Mara doubled up in agony branding every nerve and synapse.
The knifelike anguish successfully dried his tears. He would never forgive himself if he lost Mara now, just when her life was really beginning—just as he was coming to understand what it meant to love someone.
As if reading his mind, Clay spoke quietly. “It’s not your fault, TJ. You couldn’t know the dune would collapse.”
“I could have at least considered it.” He didn’t want to be relieved of the guilt. He needed to hurt as much as he’d hurt Mara.
More. He deserved whatever punishment God wreaked on him for taking her life in his hand...s, risking it for a man who probably didn’t deserve it.MoreLess
“Standing still won’t either.” TJ crossed to the window overlooking the hospital parking lot. The wild ride back to town in the limo had told him the baby needed more help than he could provide. The town ambulance had taken Mara straight to Charleston. They hadn’t let him ride with her. He’d flown here with Clay, vivid images of Mara doubled up in agony branding every nerve and synapse.
The knifelike anguish successfully dried his tears. He would never forgive himself if he lost Mara now, just when her life was really beginning—just as he was coming to understand what it meant to love someone.
As if reading his mind, Clay spoke quietly. “It’s not your fault, TJ. You couldn’t know the dune would collapse.”
“I could have at least considered it.” He didn’t want to be relieved of the guilt. He needed to hurt as much as he’d hurt Mara.
More. He deserved whatever punishment God wreaked on him for taking her life in his hand...s, risking it for a man who probably didn’t deserve it.MoreLess
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